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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Stella Oli A." <olias01@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 10:04:32 +0100
Subject: I PRAY THAT GOOD GOD WILL BE WITH YOU AND THE CHURCH ( GET BACK TO ME URGENTLY)



Dear Child of God,


Greeting in the name of our lord Jesus Christ. I am Mrs. Stella Oli Ahmed, a
widow to late Alhaji. Usman Oli Ahmed. I am 61 years old, I am now a new
Christian convert, suffering from cancer of the breast, from all indication
my conditions is Really deteriorating and it is quite obvious that I won’t
live more than six months, according to my doctors.


This is because the caner stage has gotten to a very bad stage. My late
husband died two year ago in an auto accident, and during the period of our
marriage we had no child. My late husband was very wealthy and after his
death, I inherited all his business and wealth. The doctors has advised me
that I may not live for more than six months, so I now decided to divide
part of this wealth, to contribute to the development of the church in
Africa, America Asia, and Europe.


I selected you based on the recommendation of our Christian union and I
prayed over it. I am willing to donate the sum of USD$6,000.000.00 dollars,
to the less privileged. Please I want you to note that this money has been
trusted with a financial agent in Europe. And upon my instruction, my
attorney, who presently is in Africa distributing relief materials, will
file in an application for the release of this money in to your church.


Lastly, I honestly pray that this money when transferred will be surely used
for the said purpose, because I have come to find out that wealth
acquisition without Christ is vanity.


May the grace of our lord Jesus the love of god and the fellowship of god be
with you and your church. I await urgent reply.


Remain blessed.


Mrs. Stella Oli Ahmed

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